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Plural of stop

regular plural

The plural of stop is stops.

Forms of stop

Singularstop /stɒp/
Pluralstops /stɒps/
Countablecountable

Stops in a sentence

  • The organ is loudest when all the stops are pulled.
  • The American Rabbit Breeders Association holds that the stops of a Dutch rabbit should be white from the toes to one third of the way along the foot.
  • You can tell you've struck a nerve when even the crowd stops laughing.From the entry tell
  • This pragma stops the compiler from generating those warnings we don't care about.From the entry pragma
  • That fellow's new limousine is the centre of attention, as everyone stops to stare at it.From the entry centre of attention

Meaning of stop

  1. verb To cease moving.
  2. verb Not to continue.
  3. verb To cause (something) to cease moving or progressing.

Full definition of stop

Questions about the plural of stop

What is the plural of stop?
The plural of stop is stops.
Is stop countable?
Stop is a countable noun.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: stop (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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